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as in accomplices
one associated with another in wrongdoing
the police were able to track down his confederates once the thief started talking
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as in supporters
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
relied on her confederates in the medical community for support
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as in cooperates
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
the nations confederated in order to lower international trade barriers
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Recent Examples of confederates
Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
Trump reverted back to the names honoring confederates.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confederates
Noun
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The footage shows a state official and two accomplices attempting to evict members of the indigenous Chuschagasta community from their land in northern Argentina.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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His staff and accomplices transported girls from Manhattan, Palm Beach and all over the world to his various homes from the early 1990s until his indictment in 2019.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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How are Kirk’s supporters responding?—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Back in 2001, a group of Enfield FC supporters realised which way the wind was blowing — and how far away their team was going — and formed a breakaway club.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Out on deck, the sun bar comes alive during sailaways when the weather cooperates.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The controversy began when Japanese authorities announced a new initiative last week under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which cooperates with global partners on issues including climate change and healthcare.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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South Korea and the US have been staunch allies since the end of the Korean War in 1953 and have stepped up cooperation in recent years, drawing closer in a joint effort to combat Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Foreign powers such as Russia and China, which challenge America and its allies from Europe to the Middle East to Taiwan and the South China Sea, have long been accused of exploiting such divisions through disinformation campaigns that inflame tensions and weaken confidence in American governance.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Jeffrey Breinholt, an architect of the material support statutes who spent three decades as a federal terrorism prosecutor, defends the laws as crucial to closing loopholes that were exploited by foreign militant groups and their domestic sympathizers.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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What emerges from her lifelong attempts at maintaining personal and public cohesion makes for grimly fascinating viewing, reflected in her public defamations in the media and the chilling private messages of support from her sympathizers.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What unites these companies is a commitment to improving grid resiliency, though each takes a radically different approach to battery chemistry.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The goal is to create an inviting, safe space to share the heartfelt experience of diving into a taboo topic which unites all.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Noting that Diners Club typically collaborates with a select group of card issuers in each market, Soderling says the approach allows the business to nurture those relationships.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Kimber regularly updates his Instagram with cooking tutorials and also collaborates with Olive Magazine on recipes and videos.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Confederates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confederates. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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